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Feb. 24, 2017
Trayvon Martin: Five years after his death, struggle for civil rights continues
By Rene Stutzman | Orlando Sentinel
SANFORD — Francis Oliver took to the streets of Sanford with more than 8,000 other people, demanding the...

UPDATED: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and other presidential candidates will fill the Sunday morning guest list. Rubio will be on five shows. The lineup:
Rubio, Donald Trump and Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, talk to NBC's "Meet the Press" at 9 a.m. on...

Respecting Old Glory
Political ideology is driving standards and defining how we present history, while writing a narrative meant to discredit the past by narrowing the reality of historical fact. Rewriting history does not rewrite the offensive...

George Zimmerman will not face federal civil-rights charges in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday, citing a lack of evidence.
In a prepared statement, U.S. Attorney General Eric...

VALDOSTA, Ga. — Brian Bell has felt the eyes upon him for two years. Everywhere he goes, people look at him and wonder.
Is he a football hero or a murderer?
There is plenty of hard evidence for the former and barely a speck for the latter. But that...

UPDATED: The Sunday morning guest list this weekend:
Radio host Rush Limbaugh and Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., visit "Fox News Sunday" at 10 a.m. on WOFL-Channel 35. Fox News says it is Limbaugh's first appearance in more than five years on the show....

As the curtain closes on the latest episode of "Ferguson," the media series, it is fair to wonder whether events might not have spiraled out of control to the extent they did had the media settled on another topic.
Ebola, say. Remember that one?
I'm not...

The Rev. Al Sharpton pushed community leaders Tuesday to get black voters to the polls in Central Florida.Speaking at a leadership forum in Eatonville, the firebrand civil rights activist reminded the roughly 120 people in attendance of the Jim Crow-era...

Rev. Al Sharpton, the civil rights activist who heads the National Action Network, made an appearance in Eatonville, near Orlando, speaking at the Voting Rights Leadership Forum, Tuesday. Sharpton was joined by Congresswoman Corrine Brown and Lawanna...

A Sunday morning show, "Meet the Press," will become a Sunday morning topic this weekend.
David Gregory is leaving NBC after two decades and being replaced on "Meet the Press" by Chuck Todd on Sept. 7. Andrea Mitchell fills in this weekend. CNN and Fox...

A Sanford judge today put an end to George Zimmerman's libel suit against NBC Universal.
Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson ruled that the former Neighborhood Watch volunteer is entitled to no money from the media giant.
She issued a summary judgment in...

Florida's Stand Your Ground law came under attack from black legislators, journalists and civil rights activists today during the convention of the National Association of Black Journalists.
The law, enacted in 2005, played a role in the acquittal of...

A week to the day George Zimmerman was acquitted of second degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, thousands are expected to gather at federal buildings in 100 cities across the country for a Saturday vigil that will renew calls for a...

A crowd of about 1,200 people converged on the Orange County Courthouse on Wednesday evening to honor Trayvon Martin days after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of the South Florida teen.
Waving signs and chanting, the...

Two days after George Zimmerman was found not guilty in Trayvon Martin's shooting death, the initial grief among supporters of the dead teen is being channeled into protests, marches and calls for action echoing across the country.
In Florida, elected...

The Rev. Al Sharpton announced on the Today Show this morning that his organization is planning a 100-city vigil for Trayvon Martin in the wake of the not guilty verdict for George Zimmerman.
Sharpton, who hosts a show on MSNBC and is the founder of...

As news of George Zimmerman's acquittal spread through the media and cyberspace Sunday, it became clear that the trial may be over, but the hurt feelings — and the debate — linger on both sides.
In parks, church pews and diners across the country, people...

The focus may be on race the day after George Zimmerman was acquitted, but in the end, the case could set off more off alarms about the state's power.
About race, civil rights leaders were sending conflicting signals that will have people talking for...

Robert Zimmerman Sr. arrived at the Orlando Sentinel lobby alone March 15.He was so nervous that he was trembling. Sad and resigned, he discussed death threats his family had received.But the father of George Zimmerman also was determined as he demanded...